The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters
This article explores the platformisation of tourism encounters, focusing on platform-mediated free tours as emerging digital intermediaries. Despite their rapid growth, free tours face regulatory challenges and remain underdeveloped in the literature. Through literature review and systemat...
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This article explores the platformisation of tourism encounters, focusing on platform-mediated free tours as emerging digital intermediaries. Despite their rapid growth, free tours face regulatory challenges and remain underdeveloped in the literature. Through literature review and systematic bibliometric analysis, we examine key concepts shaping this innovation in tourism platforms. Recent publications, mainly by European scholars, feature case studies of European cities in geography and hospitality/tourism journals. Content analysis reveals four thematic categories: economic, geographical-spatial, legal, and social. However, a coherent research agenda is lacking. We propose theoretical and empirical questions to guide future research, advocating for a conceptual framework integrating the platform economy, tourism experiences, and the encounter itself. This framework contributes to understanding tourism encounters within the context of free tours, emphasizing the theoretical intersection of these concepts..
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| spelling | doaj-art-2481300150ae4f6b89f19c19a2e5e06e2024-12-19T11:59:32ZengUniversitat de BarcelonaARA: Revista de Investigación en Turismo2014-44582024-12-0114110.1344/ara.v14i1.47538The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism EncountersJorge Rivera Garcia0Julie Wilson1Pau Obrador2Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | UOC · Faculty of Economics and Business StudiesUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya | UOC · Faculty of Economics and Business StudiesNorthumbria University: Newcastle upon Tyne This article explores the platformisation of tourism encounters, focusing on platform-mediated free tours as emerging digital intermediaries. Despite their rapid growth, free tours face regulatory challenges and remain underdeveloped in the literature. Through literature review and systematic bibliometric analysis, we examine key concepts shaping this innovation in tourism platforms. Recent publications, mainly by European scholars, feature case studies of European cities in geography and hospitality/tourism journals. Content analysis reveals four thematic categories: economic, geographical-spatial, legal, and social. However, a coherent research agenda is lacking. We propose theoretical and empirical questions to guide future research, advocating for a conceptual framework integrating the platform economy, tourism experiences, and the encounter itself. This framework contributes to understanding tourism encounters within the context of free tours, emphasizing the theoretical intersection of these concepts.. https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ara/article/view/47538free toursplatform-mediated free tourplatform economybibliometric analysistourism encounter |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Rivera Garcia Julie Wilson Pau Obrador The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters ARA: Revista de Investigación en Turismo free tours platform-mediated free tour platform economy bibliometric analysis tourism encounter |
| title | The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters |
| title_full | The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters |
| title_fullStr | The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters |
| title_short | The Emergence of Free Tours: Catalysts of Platform-Mediated Tourism Encounters |
| title_sort | emergence of free tours catalysts of platform mediated tourism encounters |
| topic | free tours platform-mediated free tour platform economy bibliometric analysis tourism encounter |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ara/article/view/47538 |
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